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Key Facts: Africa...

  • has some 280 million total telephone subscribers, of which some 260 million (over 85%) are mobile cellular subscribers, representing the continent with the highest ratio of mobile to total telephone subscribers of any region in the world.

  • is the region with the highest mobile cellular growth rate. Growth over the past 5 years averages almost 65% year on year.

  • accounts for 14% of the world’s population, but for only around 7% of all fixed and mobile subscribers worldwide.

  • has some 50 million Internet users, for an Internet penetration of just 5%. Europe’s Internet penetration is 8 times higher.

  • has a broadband penetration of more than 1% in only a few countries. Broadband penetration in OECD countries exceeds 18%.

(ITU World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators, 2007)

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